Sunday, October 18, 2026

Comings and Goings: Art’s Deli Opening Soon

The return of the popular Westport food establishment, Art’s Deli, that closed in 1990 following the passing of Arthur Falcone “hopefullY” will occur next weekend at 13 Post Road West, according to its new owner, Rich Falcone, Arthur’s son. Falcone, 55, a Fairfield resident said the deli will open seven days a week, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday and until 2 p.m. on Sundays. Falcone—pictured with father-in-law Mike Veno, 86, of Norwalk, said his wife Carol is a Spanish teacher at West Rock School in Norwalk for the past 33 years. They have two sons, Richard, Jr, 25, and Christopher, 22. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

4 thoughts on “Comings and Goings: Art’s Deli Opening Soon”

Matt Murray says:
Monday, January 02, 2012 at 1:36 am
Yea!!!!!
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Jennifer Tedesco- Alfano says:
Monday, January 02, 2012 at 2:56 am
Looks just like I remember!! We visited Art’s every week when I was a kid to get our weekly supply of cold cuts, hard rolls, the Sclafani tomatoes for my grandmother’s sauce, and anything else we needed. Art and Richard would give us kids a cookie or some cheese as we waited for our order and always had a smile and were happy to see us! It’s so great to see this piece of Westport reopen – especially in its original location. Can’t wait to go back and bring my own children! Congrats on the reopening!!!
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Vici Reitano says:
Tuesday, January 03, 2012 at 3:02 am
I was looking at the empty shops at this location last month and reminiscing about Art’s, and the days my mom would let me ride my bike over there to pick up two sandwiches and five hard rolls. There were seven of us and not a lot of money in the household, but the meat in those two sandwiches would feed us all! It was our guilty treat. Can’t wait to go back.
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Tammy Guarente says:
Wednesday, January 04, 2012 at 1:57 am
Best of Luck Rich! I’ll be stopping by soon!
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